XBOX ONE and Xbox 360 users are reporting problems accessing Xbox Live services for the last hour.

UPDATE: Microsoft has now confirmed that the issues affecting the Xbox Live service last night have been fixed, following issues with signing in to the services and using apps such as Netflix and YouTube.

The Xbox Twitter support team posted a message at around 3am, writing: "Were you unable to connect with friends on Xbox Live? You should be good to go now, but we'll be here if you still need us."

Outages first started to be reported at around 10pm UK time and look to have been resolved for select customers in the UK using the Xbox One.

Social and Gaming are listed as limited on the Xbox Live status page, on the eve of a free online multiplayer weekend for Xbox 360 fans.

Current issues include: Creating new accounts on Xbox Live, managing those accounts, recovering an account on a different device and signing into Xbox Live.

The Netflix app meanwhile is currently listed as being offline, alongside YouTube on the Xbox Live status page.

One fan wrote: "Having Major issues logging in and joining party's and I'm really annoyed.

"Everytime i start a game i get disconnected what gives?"

While another added: "kicked off middle of raid on Destiny all friends offline, talk about bad timing.

Microsoft confirmed they know of the latest outages to the Xbox Live services and are currently working to fix them.

The official Xbox support account on Twitter explained: "Having troubles connecting & signing into Xbox Live? Our teams are on the case.

"If you’re having difficulties signing up for an Xbox Live account, or if you’re an existing user, and you can’t manage your account preferences or payment info, we want you to know where working to address this as well.

"We don't have an exact ETA at the moment; the right teams are currently investigating."